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A drip campaign is a method used
in direct marketing to generate leads by sending relevant and product related
information to the potential customers repeatedly over a long period of time.
SalesForce
SalesForce is a US based cloud
computing firm committed to provide digital CRM platform to sell the services
by using drip marketing strategies.
Customer
turn offs
Often times a company is tempted
to overwhelm a customer with loads of information, stuffing them with product
related content, white papers that address their needs, webinars and offers to
lure them into buying the product. However, doing so without a well thought out
approach and methodology will only drive the customers away.
So what shall be done to present
content in an organized and coercive manner without overwhelming the potential
clients?
The solution is to use a salesforce
drip campaign.
By using a salesforce drip
campaign you are dripping the information drop by drop in a subtle way to
make the client make up their mind for buying the product or services you are
offering. So, instead of flooding them with a pool of information you may use
the outbound email system to enhance the results.
Formulating
a plan:
First you need to keep following
things in mind while creating a simple yet effective SalesForce Drip
campaign:
·
Classify and generate the lists of contacts in salesforce and for
creating an automatic campaign, export the lists to Drip.
·
Drip will then manage the unsubscribed lists and spammed lists to
comply with the spam act.
·
Manage the lists as and when required, for instance if a person is
in the presales list, they become a customer by applying for the product and a
regular client after purchasing the product frequently. So there should be
separate lists for each category that shall be managed accordingly.
·
To analyze ROI and enhance the performance, establish a flow of
statistics from drip to salesforce.
Establishing
a work flow:
After successful formulation of
the plan, you need to establish a time-based workflow for a salesforce drip
campaign:
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On a lead page for drip campaign, add a checkbox named “send drip
emails” and automate it. A workflow will analyze and check the box
automatically after processing the emails.
·
Add another checkbox to check whether the previous ‘’send emails
box’’ is checked or not at regular intervals. This will boost the process.
·
After creating the workflow rules of your choice, set a standard
filter to match certain conditions according to the rules and send the emails.
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You can set up a standard time interval for your workflow campaign
i.e. 2 days after lead creation or a week or month after lead creation.
·
If you have not created an email template already, go to the
administration setup; choose email templates from the communication templates
option in the dropdown menu.
·
Create the required number of emails to send out
·
Under each time interval in the workflow rules section; add the
succession of email templates in the sequence you want to send.
Now, your workflow has been
established, Just activate it and there you go!
Tips for
creating a best salesforce drip campaign:
1.
It should be data oriented
Your drip campaign should revolve
around a certain goal. All the emails, the timings and material should be
product oriented. Do not add extra or irrelevant events or information. Keep
your campaign short, brief and relevant.
·
Send emails at a specific time or occasion to increase the click
rate.
·
Call for action by convincing the readers to click on the landing
pages of product and not just read the mail.
·
Useful and motivational content will attract more readers as
compared to the boring, routine official letters.
2.
Target the Audience specifically
As mentioned earlier, send emails
by making a list of specific audience. Target the audience according to their
needs. For instance, the loyal and regular customers won’t need to know about
the products that already exist. They might be more interested in knowing about
the new features and upgrade of the same product. While, the new customers will
not understand the in-depth characteristics of your product; so they might need
an introduction and overview of the products first.
3.
Do not send random mails
The content of the emails will
not motivate or persuade the readers no matter how well it is written; if the
emails are sent without careful consideration. Therefore, send the emails
strategically with proper formatting and pre-planning.
4.
Enhance the content
By content I do not mean only the
written content, but also the images, graphics and style of presentation as
well. In modern era the technology has advanced and by making a better use of
computational tools you can make the layout of your emails more attractive. Add
social media links to the retail pages and promotional videos of the product.
Make the campaign a fun activity
for yourself. Bring innovation to it by getting creative ideas and pouring
sincere effort. You will definitely get the best results.
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